Expect some bloody battles; Democrats are getting it together

...You might recall that Governor Dean often points to a handful of state legislative victories for Democrats in 2005 and 2006: New Hampshire, Mississippi, Kentucky, Missouri, and Pennsylvania are just a few.

Davies started by thanking the DNC for its historically strong relationship with the DLCC, and 2006 is no different. He continued by documenting "the best untold story" of the 2004 election cycle. A total of ten state legislative chambers switched moved into the Democratic column in 2004, in red and blue states alike. The Colorado House and Senate, Iowa's Senate moved into a tie, both Montana chambers flipped, New Jersey's Senate was a pick-up in 2003, the North Carolina House switched in 2004, Oregon's Senate, Vermont's House, and Washington's Senate are all chambers currently led by a majority of Democrats. Davies continued that Democrats have won 90% of special elections at the state legislative level over the past two years.

The task of winning state legislative races across the country is quite complicated and takes successive cycles and consistent effort.

.....Michigan is building towards a Democratic majority in 2010. Davies concluded by citing Minnesota, where we were down 30 seats going into 2004 in the House, but have since whittled the margin down to two.